Mecca Agreement: A Muslim Nato or yet another Baghdad Pact?

Mecca Agreement: A Muslim Nato or yet another Baghdad Pact? Submitted by Joseph Massad on Fri, 08/21/2026 - 21:54 The Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani pact reinforces the US-run regional order that analysts claim it defies - which explains why Trump was so quick to bless it Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif after signing a joint defence agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on 7 August 2026 (Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout via Reuters) Off The recent Mecca Joint Defence Agreement , signed by Saudi Arabia , Turkey and Pakistan , has reinvigorated longstanding US ambitions for a subcontracted "Middle Eastern", "Arab" or "Muslim" Nato to serve US regional security interests. Some pro-American and pro-Israeli analysts have misconstrued the agreement as an alliance against Israel, while others see it as a sign that the Saudis are seeking new security guarantors in light of US failures to fully protect the kingdom and its Arab neighbours.